Razor-sharpener.



No. 668,503. Patented Feb. l9, l90l.

' E. El DEPUTY.

RAZOR SHABPENER.

(Application filed June 19, 1900.) (No Model.)

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ELIJAH E. DEPUTY, OF MILLVILLE, NEW JERSEY.

RAZOR-SHARPENER.

SPEGKIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 668,503, datedFebruary 19, 1901.

Application filed June 19, 1900. Serial No. 20,872. (No model.)

To all whom it nuty concern:

Be it known that. LELIJAH E. DEPUTY,a citizen of the United States,residing at Millville, in the county of Cu mberland and State of NewJersey,havein vented a new and useful Razor- Sharpener, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in razor-sharpeners. 7

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction ofrazor-Sharpeners and to provide asimple, inexpensive, and efficientdevice adapted to enable an inexperienced person to accurately sharpen arazor and capable when a razor is drawn back and forth across it ofoperating on the same in a manner similar to that which takes place whena razor is honed by hand or on a stationary stone.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a razor-sharpenerconstructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinalsectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of therotary razorsupport. Fig. 4 is a detail view of one of the dished gears.

Like numerals of reference designate cor-' responding parts in all thefigures of the drawings.

l designates a plate or bar provided with a shank 2, which is securedwithin a handle 3, and the latter may be of any desired construction.The plate or bar is provided with inner and outer longitudinal slots 4and 5, receiving inner and outer spindles 6 and 7, upon which aremounted inner and outer gearwheels 7 and 8. The inner spindle has itsinner end reduced and threaded, the reduction formingashoulder to engagethe adjacent face of the plate or bar and the threaded end 9 receiving anut 10, which is adapted to engage the plate or bar. The slot permitsthe spindle to be adjusted inward and outward, and the nut clamps thespindle at the desired adjustment. The spindle is provided at its outerend with a head 11, and it receives a rotary rest 12,which has itsinnerportion fixed to the inner gear 7, which rotates on the spindle.The inner gear is provided with adished central portion forming acentral concavity or recess 13 to receive the inner end of the rotaryrest 12, and the teeth of the gear-wheel mesh with those of the outergear-wheel, as clearly shown in Fig. 1.

The outer spindle, which is provided with a suitable head 14 forengaging the outer gearwheel, is reduced and threaded to provide ashoulder and to receive a clamping-nut 15, which engages the back of theplate or bar to secure the outer spindle at the desired adjustment. Theouter gear 8 is dished to provide a central annular recess or cavity 16to receive a rotary hone 17, which may be constructed of any desiredmaterial. The hone is fixed to the dished gear, and it is provided witha central recess to enable it to clear the head of the screw.

The rotary rest is provided with a reduced outer portion 18, forming ashoulder 19, and the backof the razor to be sharpened is placed on therotary rest with the edge adjacent to the face of the hone, as indicatedin dotted lines in Fig. 2 of the accompanying drawings. By moving therazor back and forth it rotates the rotary rest,and the gearingcommunicates motion to the rotary hone,which rotates across the edge ofthe blade, whereby the movementof the hone and the blade issubstantially the same as that which is given to a razor in honing it ona stationary stone, and by this construction an inexperienced person mayaccurately hone a razor by simply drawing it back and forth across thedevice. A rubber sleeve 20 is arranged upon the reduced outer portion ofthe rotary rest to enable the necessary friction to be readily createdfor positively operating the device, and the elasticity of thesleeve,which may be constructed of other material than rubber, cushionsthe razor and prevents the same from being subjected to any material jarin placing it on the device. The device is adapted to be held in anupright position in one hand, and it may be readily reversed bypartially rotating it to arrange the hone against either face of therazor.

Although gearing consisting of spur gearwheels is employed fortransmitting motion from the rotary rest to the rotary hone, yet it willbe readily apparent that any suitable means may be employed foreffecting this result.

It will be seen that the razor-sharpener is exceedingly simple andinexpensive in construction, that it is adapted to be readily handled tooperate it and to reverse it to bring the rotary hone against eitherface of the blade of the razor, and that it will enable an inexperiencedperson to properly sharpen a razor. It. will also be apparent that bydrawing the blade back and forth across the rotary rest the blade isreciprocated and a rotary motion is simultaneously imparted to the hone.

lVhat I claim is 1. A device of the class described com prising asupport, a rotary hone, a rotary rest adapted to receive a razor andcapable of being rotated by the same when the razor is reciprocaled, andmeans for communicating motion from the rest to the hone to rotate thelatter, substantially as described.

2. A device of the class described comprising a support, a pairofgear-wheels mounted on the support and meshing with each other,a rotaryhone carried by one of the gear-wheels and a rotary rest mounted on theother gearwheel, and arranged to receive a razor and capable of beingrotated by the same when the razor is reciprocated, whereby the honewill be rotated, substantially as described.

3. A device of the class described comprising a support, a rotary hone,a rotary rest having a reduced outer portion forming a shoulder andadapted to receive a razor, and means for communicating motion from therotary rest to the hone, substantially as described.

4. A device of the class described comprising a rotary support adaptedto receive a ra zor and to be actuated by the same when the said razoris reciprocated across it, and a 1'0- tary hone connected with andoperated by the rotary rest and arranged to revolve at the edge of therazor, substantially as and for the purpose described.

5. A device of the class described comprising a support, a rotary hone,a rotary rest connected with and adapted to operate the r0- tary hone,said rest being provided with a shoulder, and an elastic sleeve arrangedon the rest to provide a cushion and to create friction, substantiallyas and for the purpose described.

6. A device of the class described comprising a' pair of wheelsconnected together and adapted to rotate, said wheels being providedwith depressions or cavities, a hone mounted in one of the depressionsor cavities, a rest fitting in the other depression or cavity, and meansfor supporting the wheels, substantially as described.

7. A device of the class described comprising a support having slots,inner and outer spindles having threaded portions passing through theslots and provided with nuts, wheels mounted on the spindles, a rotaryhone carried by one of the wheels, and a rotary rest carried by theother wheel and supported by the adjacent spindle, su bstantially asdescribed.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ELIJAH E. DEPUTY.

VVit-nesses:

J. M. WALKER, SAMUEL R. CHURCH.

